COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-13-00035-CV
Ronald L. Jones § From County Court at Law No. 1
v. § of Tarrant County (2012-005505-1)
§ February 28, 2013
Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Fort Worth § Per Curiam
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that
the appeal should be dismissed. It is ordered that the appeal is dismissed for
want of jurisdiction.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
PER CURIAM
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-13-00035-CV
RONALD L. JONES APPELLANT
V.
TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS APPELLEE
METHODIST HOSPITAL FORT
WORTH
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FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Ronald L. Jones is attempting to appeal the trial court’s order dismissing
with prejudice all of his health care liability claims against Texas Health Harris
Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. On January 30, 2013, we notified Jones of our
concern that we lack jurisdiction over the appeal because the trial court’s order
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
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does not appear to be final or an appealable interlocutory order. Jones
responded, but his response does not show grounds for continuing the appeal.
The trial court’s dismissal order does not dispose of Jones’s claims against
Dr. Elliott Ray Trotter, and the trial court has not severed those claims. When, as
here, there has not been a conventional trial on the merits, an order or judgment
is not final for purposes of appeal unless it actually disposes of every pending
claim and party or clearly and unequivocally states that it finally disposes of all
claims and parties. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 205 (Tex. 2001).
We have jurisdiction of appeals only from final orders or interlocutory orders
made appealable by statute; this appeal is from neither. See Tex. Civ. Prac. &
Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014 (West Supp. 2012); Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 S.W.3d
316, 319 n.1 (Tex. 2007).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.
App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GARDNER, JJ.
DELIVERED: February 28, 2013
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